The winless Flyers have placed Travis Konecny on IR, making room to recall defenseman Oliver Bonk, according to Jackie Spiegel.
Spiegel cited a Flyers source on the Konecny move, while the Bonk recall was first reported earlier in the day.
The forward has been dealing with a lower-body injury, and he was expected to be out until at least today.
The 29-year-old still leads the team with 3 points, all of them assists.
Losing your leading scorer during a winless start is like losing your car keys when you're already late. Nothing about the morning was going well, and now it's worse.
Bonk's arrival is the most interesting thing to happen to this team in a week. A club sitting at 0-4-2 has nothing to lose by giving him real minutes.
Konecny carries an $8,750,000 cap hit, second-highest on the roster behind Trevor Zegras.
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Oliver Bonk arrives with Rasmus Ristolainen and Cam York both hurt
The blue line needed the help. Ristolainen and York are both listed with upper-body injuries.
Travis Sanheim sits at -7, and Jamie Drysdale is still looking for his first point.
Frank Seravalli reported this week that the Flyers have no plans to extend Ristolainen, who could become a trade chip sooner rather than later.
Philadelphia has also been linked to Montreal's Arber Xhekaj, though David Pagnotta wasn't sure about any recent talks between the clubs.
The offense isn't bailing anyone out. The Flyers have scored just 7 goals in six games.
Zegras has 2 points on a $9,125,000 cap hit, and Matvei Michkov has 2 as well.
So where do the goals come from with Konecny on the shelf?
Rick Tocchet's group hosts Carolina tonight on the back half of a back-to-back, with the Hurricanes riding a four-game winning streak.
Seattle visits Tuesday, then the Flyers head to Detroit on Thursday for another road test.
Bonk gets his shot at the worst possible time and the best possible time, all at once. How he handles it could shape what Daniel Briere does next.
Should Rick Tocchet give Oliver Bonk top-four minutes right away?
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